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<br />The Board approved the Preliminary Plan for Carramore for a Public Road entrance only. <br />VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS <br />ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA: <br />e. Authorization to Contract far Interior Space Planning for New Library <br />The Board considered authorizing a contract with Phil Barton for space planning of the <br />interior of the new Library facility on Margaret Lane in the amount of $14,000; and authorizing <br />the County Manager to sign. <br />Commissioner Jacobs noted that the library is going to be the last building constructed, <br />which is a change in the original plan. He said that there was discussion about trying to involve <br />the members of the reconstituted Library Services Task Force in a consultative manner with this <br />consultant, and it is not in the abstract. <br />Purchasing and Central Services Director Pam Janes said that the design charette is <br />designed to include everyone that is supposed to come back. There will be some ad hoc <br />groups that have to be sounding boards far things that come out of the design charette. This <br />might be one possible group to look at this. Since this was not confirmed, she did not include it <br />in the abstract. She said that there will be other touch points after the architect comes back with <br />the space planning information. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that his concern is that, since this is a contract, he wanted to <br />make sure that the consultant would know that meetings would be held as part of the contract. <br />Pam Jones said that this was an understanding. Commissioner Jacobs would like to make it <br />explicit instead of an understanding. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Jacobs, seconded by Commissioner Nelson to <br />approve authorizing a contract that will reflect substantively the terms of the attached proposal <br />from Phil Barton to provide space-planning services at the new Orange County Library on <br />Margaret Lane, Hillsborough in the amount of $14,000; and authorize the County Manager to <br />sign the agreement {with additional request by Commissioner Jacobs to include the <br />reconstituted Library Services Task Force in a consultative manner}. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />L CountylSchools Collaboration Work Group Site Land-Banking Letter <br />The Board considered a proposed letter to be sent to municipalities by Chair Moses <br />Carey and the two School Board Chairs regarding cooperative research in school site land <br />banking and asking the Chair to proceed as necessary. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that she would like to give same background that is <br />supportive of this. She said that there was the Schools and Land Use Council, which was a <br />group similar to this. There was also aSchool/Park Reserve Fund and the idea was to land <br />bank school sites. She asked about the funding of the land banking sites and where the money <br />will come from. She recommended not approving the letter until the County Commissioners' <br />role is clarified with respect to funding. Specifically, the sentence that says, "The ultimate goal <br />of this process would be that the County, who is statutorily responsible far funding school <br />construction, might possibly consider opportunities to "land bank" properties that would be <br />suitable for future school sites." She said that this sentence should be clarified because, if the <br />County is not going to provide any money, then she does not see haw this can say that the <br />County is going to land bank sites. She wants to modify this sentence before sending it <br />